Lisa Raley, LICSW

Lisa Raley is a licensed clinical social worker (LICSW) with 16 years of experience helping people navigate major life shifts. She works with concerns such as stress, anxiety, depression, grief, addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting challenges, career questions, ADHD, and midlife crisis. She aims to help people find steadiness again when life feels out of balance.

Her style is straightforward and strength focused. She looks at the whole person - physical, emotional, social, and spiritual - and helps clients reconnect with their existing abilities. Sessions are practical and down-to-earth, focusing on small changes that add up over time.

Lisa uses a mix of approaches to match each person’s needs. This can include cognitive behavioral techniques, mindfulness practices, and skills from acceptance and commitment and dialectical behavior therapies. She also draws on relationship work informed by the Gottman Method when relevant.

Over years of practice she has helped people manage panic, mood disorders, trauma-related stress, and caregiving strain. She pays attention to issues like guilt, shame, abandonment, money stress, and life purpose as part of broader treatment plans. Her work often centers on coping with transitions and rebuilding a sense of meaning.

Clients who reach out complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule based on availability. Sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time, and prospective clients should confirm current session options before booking.

Therapeutic approaches that translate well to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then clarify values and take small committed steps toward what matters. It is useful for stress, anxiety, and coping with life changes.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thought patterns and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms of depression, panic, and mood disorders. It often involves simple, concrete exercises to try between sessions.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) teaches skills for emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and improved relationships. These tools can help with anger, intense emotions, and impulsive behaviors.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will help clients choose methods based on their goals, needs, and preferences, and may blend techniques as appropriate. This is a collaborative process that can shift over time as goals change.

Confirm current session options before booking since formats are not listed here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life - for example, a shorter check-in can fit into a lunch break, or a phone conversation can work when video is difficult. Licensed professionals can adapt homework, mindfulness practices, and skills training for remote sessions to keep progress moving forward.